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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
; E; A! x( z3 a" m6 q我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。3 V2 d0 a6 s* C' |1 V. w
3 J8 W6 u' X/ P7 n) N/ g/ `( @The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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# e- v3 J% {: h; E" O* G' vThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. ': m" L8 e# I M* t( f% ?
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
, ~( m6 x- Z. W5 F# H# Y6 ]$ D9 Yare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
/ \6 ~0 O! T, S1 F% }: v小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：5 l9 o9 O: L& K9 w
+ W6 w+ v$ @6 i: k% A( J4 G4 d「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」& V6 N7 b5 p) x4 q% J8 i; h
t: o2 ]. ?1 }' U- { ]The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '
5 |# j8 F. k+ |2 O5 _+ l) I老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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' C: A5 T( _1 s" m) EThen she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.
) p. h: X0 x" Z' X8 n( z2 n她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。
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The little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
. |& U1 _) e0 j s. R# M2 \% A" Q7 T/ T小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。0 E' t+ y# V! S# c8 q
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( c+ p+ \2 b$ O" [* dFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.2 A" ?1 m! `! L5 P; ^- ^
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.2 j% P- S9 I1 U5 g @
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。
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, f& _0 v, D* F# `# vShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
r: D% ]( u' P& ]. Q/ m$ d0 Y她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」
G/ ^. Z( w2 t F4 F% z! xI replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.; r \- ~: {6 P) A2 Q; X2 |: H0 o3 b
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '& _- f( U" O/ U1 H0 g& P
但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
7 h8 e7 I2 O! q" D! x他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』8 g1 G' N' ~! l# O5 J+ Z
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& ?$ W( N; o( d; A4 f! P8 NMy heart nearly stopped.! g1 j0 Y. f- t+ Q, }
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。& z% h# H9 U. e: ^- |$ b& U, t
! N3 l2 y- K- T+ Y1 T; wThe little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '+ |8 [$ t. C5 l, Q/ J
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』6 ~4 ], ?9 ^* Z! b: D. L
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
' e% n( q4 K7 S然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '( N# _) y2 f/ m$ P' l
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.! W' d' m! Q' ~4 ~+ z
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。
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! ?% K6 F) g% b/ gI quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
/ t$ U4 C2 {% i$ n% A: X8 t我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』7 M' U& n1 K! o4 P' n. f( S' H' Z
/ _$ r- z2 u; ]'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.
% E0 {# }5 R' i3 R! d+ o! T- |『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。+ Q! L* p: I8 K
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The little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '( ^5 f1 A7 m* G( @0 e/ U- \
小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '7 a/ }9 V, u1 a
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』- a6 y1 \5 O4 N B- k$ {5 D8 v) n
1 l' M. X& ^4 D6 c'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』) A0 C9 Q; |3 Y7 B( A" ]6 a9 O
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'My mommy loves white roses. '
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5 }1 ]; ^/ `: `$ y; A0 z5 B' Y' B8 bA few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.; Q! b& I5 O" Q. I2 s2 D0 [
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
4 S, E" X8 H/ l9 |我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。1 S6 x0 i# B, m* z8 m
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
0 B, ]5 H: Z# @. ~2 Y小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。# C, H% o$ z* [) l( v
2 a$ F# [& A# p8 |+ RThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
4 c, R% v3 A& V" sstate. The family had to decide whether to pull the plug on the
2 {- e. g3 I# X; u& x6 Olife-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma.: M; z6 c* C# w+ U7 \0 V& w2 R
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
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) z( |6 R" j8 K* T7 J9 LWas this the family of the little boy?
6 z' h& M/ i6 N3 M* K3 j他就是這家庭的小男孩？5 F! ^1 t! R5 d$ u Y
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Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
$ \% e# g, u1 A碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial. C9 S" L7 v! z
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。$ b3 H, w' [, T) @ @0 v2 t
0 y' R* Q& G- S$ j( uShe was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest. h8 {8 v: R" {3 f( S/ M. g9 N
她在那裡，裝在棺木中，在她的手中握著一朵白玫瑰和小男孩的相片，娃娃則放置在她的胸口。3 I A4 ]7 C& l+ \+ ?, h& [" K
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is
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我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。 }- u8 ?/ U" _, q6 n
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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